Understanding the situation in Bolivia will require grappling with some serious contradictions that won't fit easy white & black narratives. 1/4
Evo Morales came to power in 2005 and ushered in series of reforms that truly benefited indigenous peoples. He was also a populist who modified the Constitution to stay in power after two terms. 2/4
He probably committed widespread fraud in the recent elections, where he was trying to win a fourth term. If reports are true that the military has intervened to force him from power today, and now is trying to find and arrest him, that's absolutely undemocratic. 3/4
But being the victim of a (supposed) coup doesn't make Morales an angel. At the same time, we must absolutely condemn military intervention and demand that partisans refrain from violence. This is not how democracies behave 4/4
